I strongly believe that time spent learning a trade for career development is as valuable as the time invested in a college degree.
I think that the most important thing is the time invested in your dreams, it doesn't matter if it is a college degree or a trade, nor if one takes longer than the other or if one of them will get you more money. Time spent in something you don't like to do, eventually, will be a waste because you will not be happy doing that job and will probably quit sooner or later.
Whether you pick one thing or the other, you must really love it, you have to be passionate about it and, if you do this, it'll be never a waste of time.
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D.) Talkative, Religious, Middle Class
Definitions:
Pious - devoutly religious
Garrulous - excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
Pawnbroker - a person who lends money at interest on the security of an article pawned
Answer: B. He values artistic success over financial success for himself.
Based on Harburg's view of the Great Depression presented through the excerpt above, it can be deduced that he was never interested in financial success. He believes that artistic success is better than financial.